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Διεδοιδύκησε
he made a pestle-fist
Likewise in other lexica. The headword is Comica
adespota
fr. 974 Kock, now 497 K.-A. (Verb otherwise unattested outside lexicography.) For pestles see delta 1560.
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3459
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
[1]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1273 (web
address
1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See
also
Zenobius 2.57
and
other paroemiographers;
and
tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web
address
2). The manuscript tradition of …
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… on it (PG 80, 1848bc). [2] 1 Corinthians 9.27. [3]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians
1000-2 (web
address
1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the …
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2024
Ἀναπλήσας
having filled up, having defiled
Same entry in Photius (Lexicon
alpha1605
Theodoridis),
and
previously in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The headword is
aorist
active
participle, nominative
accusative
singular, of
a)napi/mplhmi;
the primary gloss is the corresponding form …
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α
2877
Ἀπαλλάξας
having put aside, having put off, having abandoned
… fr. 387 Kock, now 414 K.-A.; Demosthenes 24.37. (See web
address
1 for the text of the latter.) Same material in Photius
and
elsewhere. [2] Xenophon,
Anabasis
3.2.28 (web
address
2). [3] Perhaps
Aelian
…
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κ
2161
Κοτίνου στεφάνῳ
with a wreath of wild olive
The headword phrase occurs in
Aristophanes,
Wealth 586,
and
the main paragraph of the entry draws on the scholia there. [1] The wild olive, the ko/tinos, that stood southwest of the temple of Zeus …
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α
2896
Ἀπανθήσαντα
having faded, having withered
… extracted from the quotation given, is neuter plural of this
aorist
passive participle; cf.
alpha
3169. [1]
A
compressed
(and
initially garbled) version of
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 1113-1121, the last of these lines being the …
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λ
271
Λέων λέων σοι γέγονεν ἔκμαγμα σόν
a lion a lion has been born to you (as) your (very) image
A
close
approximation
of
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 514-516 (web
address
1)
[au)/t'
is missing from 514], with scholion; cf. kappa 2787, pi 2114.
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α
2425
Ἀνὴρ δὲ φεύγων οὐ νένει λύρας κτύπον
a fleeing man does not await a lyre's sound
A
line of iambic verse
attributed
to
Aristophanes
(fr. 11 Demianczuk, now 221 K.-A.) in Photius s.v.
Also
in Zenobius (1.86).
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δ
1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27
and
Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed
as
a
fragment of
Attic
comedy
(Adespota
314 Kock, now 950 …
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η
505
ᾙρημένην
having chosen, having been chosen
… The headword is perfect middle or perfect passive participle of
ai(re/w,
feminine
accusative
singular. Same glossing in the scholia to
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 714, where it occurs with
a
passive sense. [2] The same participle …
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λ
171
Λαχών
having obtained
See
also
lambda 167, lambda 170. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.40, where the headword
(aorist
active
participle of lagxa/nw, masculine nominative singular) occurs. [2]
Aristophanes,
Knights 258, with comment from the …
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α
3349
Ἀποκηδήσαντες
having been careless
[1] The headword is
aorist
active
participle of
a)pokhde/w,
masculine nominative plural. Same gloss in Photius, similar in other lexica. [2] Homer, Iliad 23.413, where in fact the dual
a)pokhdh/sante
occurs (web
address
1 …
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458
Δημοσιεύων
being a public [doctor]
… [1] The gloss on the headword which immediately follows has
an
accusative
of respect (dwrea/n). But for simple transitive uses of dhmosieu/w itself see e.g. Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.10 (to confiscate -- literally make public …
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2483
Ἐπινενασμέναι
having been heaped
… nominative plural, of the verb e)pine/w (LSJ's e)pine/w (B)). [1]
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 838-9 (where, for the present headword participle, editors print the eta-version proposed by the
Alsatian
scholar R.F.P. Brunck (1729-1803): e)pinenhsme/nai), preceded by …
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β
196
Βάψας τὴν κώπην
having dipped the oar
A
garbled entry deriving in large part from Harpokration s.v. nautodikai, where
Aristophanes
fr. 225 Kock (237 Kassel-Austin) is quoted: "I want [to make him]
a
foreigner suddenly,
having
dipped to the nautodikai." (Here …
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436
Βουλήσεται κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶς
he will wish even to be in Egypt rather than to make a bad judgment
The headword phrase quotes
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1129-30; comment from the scholia to 1130 then follows.
[alpha:
ka)\n e)n
*ai)gu/ptw|
tuxei=n w)\n ma=llon h)\ e)pei\ mh\ u(/ein dokei=
au)to/qi,
w(s *(hro/dotos. e)kei= ou)=n ei)=nai qelh/sei, …
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583
Διακλιμακίσας
having used the klimax
See
also
kappa 1749. The noun klimax literally means
a
ladder (kappa 1803, kappa 1806); for its
application
to
a
wrestling-hold see
also
e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 521. The present headword
(aorist
active
participle, masculine …
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α
2891
Ἀπαμφιέσαντες
having stripped off
Same material in other lexica. [1] The headword is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative plural, of
a)pamfie/nnumi.
It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from its only extant occurrence outside lexica, in Themistius. [2] …
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ε
710
Ἐκφθαρείς
having been utterly destroyed
From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Peace 72 (web
address
1). The headword is the
aorist
passive participle of e)kfqei/rw, masculine nominative singular.
As
often, the prefix e)k- implies thoroughly, utterly: see LSJ s.v. e)k …
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α
1876
Ἀναθείς
having set on
The headword, illustrated by the quotation given, is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of
a)nati/qhmi.
[1]
Aristophanes,
Wealth [Plutus] 68 (web
address
1 below).
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α
3495
Ἀπορρέξαντες
having sacrificed-out
The headword is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative plural, of
a)porre/zw.
From Harpokration
(and
Photius) s.v., citing Isaeus (fr.105 Sauppe)
and
"comedy" for this.
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α
3036
Ἀπεργασάμενος
having finished work
The headword is
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of
a)perga/zomai.
[1] Isaeus fr. 3 Sauppe; cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] Perhaps
(Adler
suggests)
Aristophanes,
Birds 1154, though this has the finite
a)phrga/sant',
not the …
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ε
1564
Ἐξαρτήσας
having hung on
The headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See
also
ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …
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α
1
Ἂ ἄ
ah! ah!
[1]
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 1052 (web
address
1). The first sentence is derived from scholia to this passage,
and
this may
also
be true of the rest of the entry. [2] That is, it …
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α
1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
This is
a
curious --
and
possibly corrupt -- phrase found in
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 885 (web
address
1 below). The explanations offered here
are
taken from scholia there.
Again
(with slight variations)
at
…
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205
Γέρροιν
with a pair of wickers
The first part of this entry is
also
in Photius
and
elsewhere. The headword is genitive/dative dual of ge/rron; see further, next note. [1] Eupolis fr. 405 Kock (where however Kock emends the transmitted …
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4374
Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμα
a matter full of absurdity
[1] Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr.273
(again
at
nu 222). The phrase "full of
absurdity"
(without
"a
matter") comes from
Aristophanes,
Frogs 1372, where "of
a
marvel" is
a
scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander …
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1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
The headword,
aorist
active
participle (masculine nominative singular) of
a)lei/fw,
is evidently quoted from somewhere. cf. generally
alpha
1165. [1] Thus far the entry (minus the syntactical comment) = Photius, Lexicon
alpha914
Theodoridis. [2] …
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ε
1482
Ἐν τῷ μέρει τις καὶ τὸ πῦρ σκαλευσάτω
let someone also take a turn to poke the fire
Comica
adespota
fr. 568 Kock, but not in K.-A.. [1] Quotation (illustrative of the first part of the headword phrase; see
also
epsilon 1483) unidentifiable.
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